12-09-2022, 09:41 AM
It depends on where you keep your NAS. If it is located in a coms room behind where the router lives, you will not hear anything (any drives are OK).
If you keep your NAS in the living room, the sound might be quite annoying. Especially if you go for the biggest drives. It's not the spinning sound but rather chiselling.
Smaller drives will generate less noise. But only SSD would be silent. If you install OS and apps on SSD and keep HDDs for archives, this would allow those drives to hibernate and generate no noise.
Here is a tool to help decide about drive https://nascompares.com/answer/hdd-price-per-tb/
Otherwise, do check spec sheets, The same drive can have different noise levels. Check the serial here https://nascompares.com/answer/wd-red-or...d-red-pro/
I hope this helps.
If you keep your NAS in the living room, the sound might be quite annoying. Especially if you go for the biggest drives. It's not the spinning sound but rather chiselling.
Smaller drives will generate less noise. But only SSD would be silent. If you install OS and apps on SSD and keep HDDs for archives, this would allow those drives to hibernate and generate no noise.
Here is a tool to help decide about drive https://nascompares.com/answer/hdd-price-per-tb/
Otherwise, do check spec sheets, The same drive can have different noise levels. Check the serial here https://nascompares.com/answer/wd-red-or...d-red-pro/
I hope this helps.